World Cup Regulations for 1996

World Cup Regulations from the UCI

2.11.001 The Road Cycling "World Cup" shall be the exclusive property of
the UCI.

2.11.002 The World Cup shall cover a maximum of 10 races.
         The list shall be drawn up by the Management Committee.

2.11.003 No more than two World Cup races may be run in the same country in
any one year,

2.11.004 The "World Cup" events may in no way coincide with the Giro
d'Italia, the Tour de France or the Vuelta a Espana. They shall all take
place between 1 March and 15 December.

2.11.005 Organisers of World Cup races shall sign a contract with the UCI
governing especially broadcasting and marketing rights and the material
organisation of the races.

2.11.006 TT/1 (first 22 ranked teams-BO) shall be entitled to participate
in World Cup races and must be invited. To make up the number of 25 Trade
Teams at the start the organiser may invite some TT/II:s. (Second category
teams-BO.)

2.11.007 World Cup races shall be run by teams of 8 riders.

2.11.008 Enrolment forms which must list eight titular riders and five
substitutes shall be sent to the UCI and the organisers fifteen days before
the race.

2.11.009 Trade Teams shall by 72 hours before the time of the start of the
race have confirmed by fax the UCI and to the organiser the names of eight
titular riders and two substitutes riders chosen from among the riders
named in the enrolment forms. Only riders announced in that final
confirmation will be permitted to race.

         No team may start with less than six riders.

2.11.010 The final World Cup classifications shall include only:

         * TT/I:s that have participated in the minimum of races determined by
           the Management Committee.

         * Riders (of any Trade Team participating in the races) who have
           participated in at least 6 World Cup races.


Individual classification

2.11.011 Points shall be awarded the first 12 riders in each race according
to the following scale:

        1       50 pts
        2       35
        3       25
        4       20
        5       18
        6       16
        7       14
        8       12
        9       10
       10        8
       11        6
       12        5


Classification by teams

2.11.012 To determine Trade team placings per event points shall be awarded
to the first 3 riders of each team as follows: 1 point to the 1st, 2 to the
2nd etc

Only Trade Teams with at least 3 riders in the official placings of the
event will be considered for classification.

Teams drawing in the event classification shall be placed according to the
classification obtained by their respective best riders.

Points shall be awarded to the first ten teams according to the following scale:

        1       12 pts
        2        9
        3        8
        4        7
        5        6
        6        5
        7        4
        8        3
        9        2
       10        1


World Cup races 1996:

03-23 Milan-San Remo (Ita)
04-07 Tour of Flanders (Bel)
04-14 Paris-Roubaix (Fra)
04-21 Liege-Bastogne-Liege (Bel)
04-27 Amstel Gold Race (Ned)
08-10 San Sebastian-San Sebastian (Spa)
08-18 Leeds International Classic (GB)
08-25 Grand Prix Suisse (Sch)
10-06 Paris-Tours (Fra)
10-19 Giro di Lombardia (Ita)
10-27 Japan Cup (Jap)